Luke Pollard

Call on Government to back military credit union

Luke Pollard calls on Government to back creation of a military credit union for Plymouth’s service personnel and their families

Labour’s Candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport is joining efforts to encourage the Government to create a credit union for the armed forces. Pointing to the success of Navy Federal, a credit union providing loans and savings for US military personnel,...

Labour candidate calls for business rates cut for Plymouth

"Business rates are set to rise by £410 in Plymouth putting our high streets and local economies at risk" – says Luke Pollard, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

Labour claims that the average business rates bill in England will increase by an average of £430 in 2014/15, meaning a business rate hit of around £12,600. Mr Pollard argues that this is...

Plymouth parliamentary candidate calls for better protection from violence for local shop workers

Labour’s Luke Pollard, parliamentary candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has called on the Government to give greater protection to shop workers in Plymouth who are threatened with violence

Last year 4% of retail staff across the country were attacked at work and 34% were threatened with violence. Shop workers in Plymouth also reported violence and threats of violence...

We need a government for the many, not the few

Luke Pollard, Labour's Parliamentary Candidate in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, looks back on the party conference season.

As the party conference season draws to a close for another year there's little doubt who’s been setting the agenda. Ed Miliband and Labour have identified the real problem of living standards facing families in Plymouth, and laid out policies to help deal with...

Plymouth Lives: Luke Pollard

Plymouth-born Luke Pollard is the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport seat.

Name: Luke Pollard

And what do you do? : Labour and Co-operative Parliamentary Candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport - a long way of saying I’m running to be Plymouth’s next Member of Parliament.

How would you describe yourself in 5 words?...

Luke Pollard secures Labour nomination for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Luke Pollard has been selected as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for the Plymouth constituency of Sutton and Devonport.

Mr Pollard will fight the seat for Labour at the next general election, due in 2015, after being elected in a ballot of Labour Party constituency members.

The seat of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport is held by the Conservative MP Oliver Colvile who...

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